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121plucky — adj 1. mettlesome, gritty, game, spirited, red blooded, Inf. spunky; brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroic, hero like, stout hearted, lionhearted, iron hearted, great hearted, high hearted; intrepid, fearless, dauntless, unafraid,… …
122raw — adj 1. uncooked, fresh; rare, bloody, Fr. saignant. 2. natural, organic, unprocessed, unprepared, undressed; crude, rough, uncut, unrefined, unmilled, unground. 3. open, exposed, uncovered, bare; skinned, excoriated. 4. crude, rough, coarse,… …
123stable — adj 1. firm, steady, fixed, fast; sound, solid, stout, sturdy, staunch, substantial; established, riveted, moored, anchored; immovable, still, inert, quiescent, motionless, statuelike, stationary. 2. enduring, abiding, lasting, continuing,… …
124stalwart — adj 1. stout, sturdy, rugged, hefty, husky, burly, Scot, and North Eng. stiff, solid, iron, Inf. tough as nails, Inf. hard as rock; able bodied, able, athletic, sinewy, well knit; muscular, muscled, well muscled, full muscled, brawny, strapping,… …
125staunch — adj 1. firm, steadfast, unflinching, unswerving, unwavering, undeviating, unshrinking, unbending, unbowing, unfaltering, unhestitating; constant, dedicated, devoted, true, faithful, sure, dependable, reliable, steady, stable; unshaken, undaunted …
126steadfast — adj 1. steady, direct, fixed, intent, undistracted, unbroken; keen, piercing, penetrating; searching, questioning; rapt, enraptured, engrossed, absorbed; thoughtful, attentive. 2. constant, dedicated, devoted, true, faithful, sure, dependable,… …
127stiff-necked — adj 1. pertinacious, stubborn, Inf. ornery; pigheaded, bullheaded, mulish, stubborn as a mule; unyielding, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, Inf. hard headed, Inf. boneheaded; inflexible, unbending, adamant, adamantine; rigid, stony, fixed;… …
128stout-hearted — adj 1. brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroic, heroical, hero like, lion hearted, iron hearted, great hearted; intrepid, fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless, nervy, Sl. gutsy, unafraid, unblenching, unblenched, undaunted, unalarmed,… …
